Coffee-pot



(No Model.)

J. W. BARWELL.

GOFFEE POT.

Patented Sept. 16, 1890..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. BARVVELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COFFEE-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,395, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application filed May 10, 1890. Serial No. 351,251. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. BAR'WELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Coffee-Pots, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coffee-pots.

It is a well-known fact that better coffeeis made by simultaneouslycommingling or mixing hot milk or cream with the coffee than can be donewhere cold milk or cream is poured into the coffee, or where the milk orcream, Whether hot or cold, is first poured into the cup and the coffeeafterward poured in. For this reason it is frequently customary inserving 'cofi'ee, even in restaurants, to bring the coffee in one jug orpot and the hot milk or cream in another, so that the coffee and hotmilk or cream may be both poured at once into the cup and properlycommingled.

The object of my invention is to provide a cofiee-pot of a cheap,simple, and efficient construction, which will serve to contain both thecoffee and the milk or cream, and maintain both at approximately thesame temperature, and from which the coffee and the hot milk or creammaybe simultaneously poured into a cup and properly commingled.

To this end my invention consists in the novel devices and novelcombinations of parts and devices herein shown and described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is aplanview showing the pot with the cover removed. Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents amodification, in which the milk or cream chamber is made integral withthe cofiee-potby means of a partition therein; and Fig. 5 is a sectionalview on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, A represents a coffee-pot, Bits handle, 0 its hingedcover, and D its spout. The coffee-pot A is furnished with a milk orcream chamber F, extending nearly, but not quite, to the bottom of thecofiee-pot,

so that the whole surface of the coffee-pot bottom may be utilized as aheating-surface for the coffee, and so that the milk or cream in themilk-chamber will not be subjected to undue heat. The milk chamber orcompartment F preferably consists of a separate or distinct removablevessel, which fits within the coffee-pot A, and is supported in placeupon an interior bead or shoulder a near the top of the coffee-pot body.The removable milk-vessel F is furnished with an external bead orshoulder f to rest upon the shoulder a. The bottom f of themilk-compartment F .is preferably inclined, as is clearly shown in Fig.3. The milk-compartment F is furnished with a pouring-spout F, whichfits within the pouring-spout D of the pot A and divides saidpouring-spout D into two parts or compartments. The opening orcommunication between the pouring-spout F and the milk-compartment F ispreferably furnished with a valve G, having a handle or knob g,projecting up around the top of the vessel and working in a slot orguide 9 This Valve G preferably consists of a flat plate of tin pivotedat its lower end, as shown at g. By means of this valve the proportionalquantity of milk or cream poured with the coffee may be readily variedor shutoff entirely.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4: and 5 the milk-compartment F,instead of being made removable from the coffee-pot A, is rigidly orpermanently attached thereto. In this case the milk-chamber is formed bya division-plate, the edges of which are soldered to the wall of thecoffee-pot.

It will be observed that in my invention both the coffeerchamber and themilk-chamber of the pot are each furnished with its own the milk andcofiee in their respective chambers are or should stand at about thesame level, it will be understood that the hot milk and coffee may beboth very readily and uniformly poured from the pot simultaneously intothe cup.

at f represent the guards at the top of the vessel near thepouring-spouts, and d f represent the openings or communications betweenthe pouring-spouts and the coffee and milk chambers.

I claim- 1. A coffee-pot furnished with a cream or milk chamber orcompartment provided with a secondary bottom above the bottom of thepot, so that the Whole bottom of the pot may be utilized for heating thecoffee and prevent undue heating of the milk or cream, and a dividedpouring-spout having a communication With both the coffee and milkcompartments of the pot, so that both liquids may be simultaneouslypoured and commingled, sub stantially as specified.

2. A coffee-pot provided with a pouringspout and a separately-removablemilk or cream compartment adapted to fit- Within the coffee-pot andfurnish ed with aseparate pouring-spout fitting within the pouring-spoutof the pot, so that the coffee and milk maybe kept at the sametemperature and simultaneously poured, said separately-removable milk orcream compartment having its bottom f above the bottom of the pot, witha space between for the coffee, substantially as specified.

3. A coffee-pot furnished with a milk or cream chamber or compartmentextending part way to the bottom of the pot, and a divided pouringspout,one division thereof having a communication with the coffee-compartmentand the other division 01": the spout having a communication with themilk compartment of the pot, so that both liquids may be simultaneouslypoured and commingled, the spout-communication with the milk-compartmentof the pot being furnished with a regulating-valve, the space betweenthe bottom of the milk-compartment and the bottom of the pot being partof the coifee-compartment, so that the whole surface of the coffee potbottom may be utilized for heating the coffee and prevent overheating ofthe milk or cream, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a coffee-pot, of a separately-removable milk orcream chamber extending nearly to the bottom of the pot and having aseparate inclined bottom of its own, and a double pouring-spout having acommunication with both the coffee and milk compartments of the pot,substantially as specified.

JOHN W. BARWELL. Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, EMMA HACK.

